Laboratory Equipment and Lab Product News

Safe Evaporation of Acids and Organic Solvents

Genevac Ltd.

19/02/2013

Genevac evaporators are robust systems designed to be resistant to the most common solvents and acids used within the chemistry laboratory, including Trifluoroacetic Acid (TFA), Dichloromethane (DCM), and Dimethyl Sulphoxide (DMSO).However a wide range of applications in the Pharmaceutical, Speciality / Fine Chemical, Petrochemical, Cosmetic, Electronic and Nuclear industries use acid chlorides and stronger mineral acids for routine synthesis and experimentation.For...

Lens adapter provides high-contrast images regardless of zoom position

Resolve Optics Ltd

18/02/2013

The Model 287 wide angle lens adapter from Resolve Optics Ltd. is designed to provide a true 0.5x field of view (FOV) whilst maintaining minimal distortion and high resolution throughout the zoom range of your camera.Traditionally lens adapters for zoom lens cameras have offered a compromise between FOV, image distortion and achievable resolution. If the lens achieves the FOV and minimal distortion then the compromise will be the resolution and so on. The result typically...

Princeton Instruments’ IsoPlane Imaging Spectrograph Wins Prism Award for Photonics Innovation

Princeton Instruments

15/02/2013

February 14, 2013 – Trenton, New Jersey - Princeton Instruments is pleased to announce the company’s IsoPlane imaging spectrograph has won SPIE’s Prism Award for Photonics Innovation in the category of Detectors, Sensing, Imaging and Cameras. This prestigious photonics industry award was presented by SPIE (the International Society for Optics and Photonics) and Photonics Media at a gala evening ceremony during the Photonics West Conference in San...

Optimizing Freeze Dried Drug Dosage Form to Treat Muscle Atrophy

SP Scientific

14/02/2013

Using a SP Scientific LyoStar Freeze Drying System - leading pharmaceutical process development experts - GILYOS GmbH (Wuerzburg, Germany) will participate in a research program called "FORMOsA*" which was recently funded with about two million euros by the German Bavarian Research Foundation. The project focuses on age-related muscle atrophy (sarcopenia).In this project, GILYOS will be actively involved in the formulation development and freeze drying process design and...

New Microscope Interface Enables High-Quality Imaging and Spectroscopy with a Single System

Princeton Instruments

12/02/2013

February 12, 2013 — Princeton Instruments (Trenton, New Jersey, USA) is pleased to announce the availability of a new microscope interface designed for exclusive use with the company’s recently introduced aberration-free IsoPlane® imaging spectrograph. The Princeton Instruments MicroSpec® microscope interface allows researchers to easily acquire quality images and spectra of their samples with one pre-engineered system.The MicroSpec attaches to a UDP...

Cherwell to Exhibit at Pharmig PCT Contamination Control Event

Cherwell Laboratories

07/02/2013

Improving microbiological quality in Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics & Toiletries Bicester, UK, 7th February 2013: Cherwell Laboratories, specialists in products for environmental monitoring and process validation, will be supporting microbiologists from the Pharmaceutical, Cosmetics and Toiletries Industries at Pharmig’s 2013 PCT Contamination Control event. The event, to be held at the Oxford Belfry Hotel on 26 - 27th February, will focus on continued improvement in...

Percentage Carbon, Hydrogen and Nitrogen Determination in Volatile Samples

Exeter Analytical

07/02/2013

Exeter Analytical Inc. has developed a reliable sample preparation technique that enables accurate determination of the percentage Carbon (C), Hydrogen (H) and Nitrogen (N) in difficult to analyze volatile samples. The same sample preparation technique has been found to also generate excellent results from air sensitive and hygroscopic samples.Knowledge of the CHN content of volatile petroleum products and lubricants can be useful in determining their performance...

New Standards for Molecular Parasite Assays

Alpha Laboratories

05/02/2013

Now you can standardise your molecular assays for parasitic diseases such as malaria, with a new range of synthetic controls that provide stable, consistent, safe and abundant material. The new Simply Molecular® G-Sphere® range of standards from Phthisis Diagnostics, exclusively available in the UK from Alpha Laboratories, contain double stranded DNA gene(s). These have been designed and synthetically created for use as genetic surrogate control material in...

Reliable, High-Throughout Tube Decapper

Micronic

04/02/2013

Targeting the ever-growing requirement for higher sample throughput the new generation Univo Electric Decapper DC480 from Micronic enables labs tasked with opening multiple sample storage tubes to achieve significant productivity gains.The Univo Electric Decapper DC480 is the latest addition to Micronic’s redesigned 'blue-white' line of productive sample handling equipment, that is not only compatible with all Micronic tubes (up to 1.40ml) but also with tubes and...

Efficient Laboratory & Process Chillers

SP Scientific

30/01/2013

SP Scientific offers a wide range of compact and quiet recirculating chillers with heat removal rates from 1050 W (3580 Btu/hr) to 24,000 W (81,910 Btu/hr) and temperature ranges from -90°C to +150°C.Providing years of reliable cooling for your critical laboratory reactions or production process an optimized SP Scientific chiller is available to suit your application. SP Scientifics’ recirculating chillers provide highly efficient and cost effective heat...